Smith v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
627 F.3d 427 · 2010
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Doherty · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · LOZADA · Kucana v. Holder · Sevoian v. Ashcroft
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' that he will face future persecution based on a statutory ground.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wanjiku v. Barr · Cabas v. Barr“A 'reasonable likelihood' means showing a realistic chance that the petitioner can at a later time establish that asylum should be granted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cabas v. Barr · Twum v. Barr“on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wanjiku v. Barr · Twum v. Barr
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.